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| author | Frank Peters <fpe@openoffice.org> | 2004-08-18 09:59:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Frank Peters <fpe@openoffice.org> | 2004-08-18 09:59:46 +0000 |
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Base e is a constant with an approximate value of 2.718282...</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153968" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="10">You can calculate logarithms to any base (n) for any number (x) by dividing the natural logarithm of x by the natural logarithm of n, as follows:</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145420" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="11">Log n(x) = Log(x) / Log(n)</paragraph> + <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> + <embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> + <paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3155131" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">Example:</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152463" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13">Sub ExampleLogExp</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145750" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14">Dim a as Double</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151116" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15">Dim const b1=12.345e12</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146985" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="16">Dim const b2=1.345e34</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148616" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="17">a=Exp( Log(b1)+Log(b2) )</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149262" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="18">MsgBox "" & a & chr(13) & (b1*b2) ,0,"Multiplication by logarithm function"</paragraph> + <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155411" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="19">end sub</paragraph> + + </body> +</helpdocument> |